Can you solve the three gods riddle? - Alex Gendler

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    You and your team have crash-landed on an ancient planet. Can you appease the three alien overlords who rule it and get your team safely home? Created by logician Raymond Smullyan, and popularized by his colleague George Boolos, this riddle has been called the hardest logic puzzle ever. Alex Gendler shows how to solve it.
    Lesson by Alex Gendler, animation by Artrake Studio.

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  • @EkittyMonte
    @EkittyMonte Před 7 lety +3413

    So let me get this straight, you literally know EVERY single word in their language except for yes and no

  • @Nogha12
    @Nogha12 Před 7 lety +5803

    >this riddle has been called the hardest logic puzzle ever
    >pause here if you want to figure it out for yourself!
    Excuse me who do you think I am

  • @realmuha
    @realmuha Před 2 lety +3125

    Me: So. How much complexity do you wanna put in a single 4-minutes video?
    TED-Ed: Ozo.

    • @Omikaclass6
      @Omikaclass6 Před 2 lety +165

      Well ozo but actually ulu

    • @simonfrancis9009
      @simonfrancis9009 Před 2 lety +73

      Well ozo but actually ozo

    • @simonfrancis9009
      @simonfrancis9009 Před rokem +41

      Well ulu but actually ulu

    • @simonfrancis9009
      @simonfrancis9009 Před rokem +6

      @NovaSys I was waiting for someone to send this👀 now the possibilities of this question are complete 🔥👌🏽

    • @simonfrancis9009
      @simonfrancis9009 Před rokem +3

      @NovaSys 👌🏽🤗 this meme will be eternal because of us🎉

  • @candarus_collective
    @candarus_collective Před 2 lety +524

    I tried for HOURS to solve this and honestly I'm proud of myself for how much I figured out, even though I never got to the full solution

    • @peytonmac1131
      @peytonmac1131 Před rokem +24

      Good on you. I gave up pretty quickly.

    • @Syrup1
      @Syrup1 Před 8 měsíci +8

      my brain hurts from this one

    • @MD.Akib_Al_Azad
      @MD.Akib_Al_Azad Před 7 měsíci +4

      Yeah, I managed to get there with 9 questions

    • @amac9044
      @amac9044 Před 3 měsíci +4

      We're proud of you too... Because I didn't even fully understand the explained solution... 😂😂😂

  • @AgentBurgo
    @AgentBurgo Před 3 lety +8483

    “You and your team have crash landed on a ancient planet”
    Good to know my team consists of me and a dog

  • @mortalwombat9223
    @mortalwombat9223 Před 7 lety +3184

    my brain hurts

  • @CubicSagacity
    @CubicSagacity Před 2 lety +349

    Long-winded breakdown of why you don't need to know the exact meaning of "OZO" and "ULU", and why Arr doesn't prevent a solution (the first part is pretty much a reiteration of the video, but at the end I try to explain my understanding of it):
    Tee (T) tells the truth
    Eff (F) tells a lie
    Arr (R) answers randomly
    Question: "If I asked you whether 2+2=4 (known true), would you say 'OZO' (unknown meaning)?"
    IF "OZO" = "Yes" AND "ULU" = "No"
    Answers:
    T: "OZO"
    F: "OZO" (He would say "ULU" to the embedded question, so he denies this and says "OZO".)
    IF "ULU" = "Yes" AND "OZO" = "No"
    Answers:
    T: "OZO"
    F: "OZO" (Yes, he would say "OZO" to the embedded question, so he denies this and says "OZO".)
    Like this:
    - Q to F: "Does 2+2=4?:
    - F: "OZO"
    - Q to F: "If I asked you whether 2+2=4, would you say 'OZO'?"
    - F: "OZO" (Must lie about his previous answer and deny that he WOULD say "OZO", but because "OZO" means "No" in this example, he uses the word "OZO" in order to deny it.)
    Question: "If I asked you whether 2+2=5 (known false), would you say 'OZO' (unknown meaning)?" (Assuming the year is not 1984)
    IF "OZO" = "Yes" AND "ULU" = "No"
    Answers:
    T: "ULU"
    F: "ULU"
    IF "ULU" = "Yes" AND "OZO" = "No"
    Answers:
    T: "ULU"
    F: "ULU"
    Question: "If I asked you whether the overlord on my left is Arr (unknown), would you answer 'OZO' (unknown meaning)?"
    IF "OZO" = "Yes" AND "ULU" = "No", AND Arr IS to the left
    Answers:
    T: "OZO"
    F: "OZO"
    IF "ULU" = "Yes" AND "OZO" = "No", AND Arr IS to the left
    Answers:
    T: "OZO"
    F: "OZO"
    IF "OZO" = "Yes" AND "ULU" = "No", AND Arr IS NOT to the left
    Answers:
    T: "ULU"
    F: "ULU"
    IF "ULU" = "Yes" AND "OZO" = "No", AND Arr IS NOT to the left
    Answers:
    T: "ULU"
    F: "ULU"
    ~
    So you aren't finding out the meaning of the words, but you ARE determining the validity of your embedded question. You know that an answer of "OZO" from Tee or Eff means that the embedded question is true, and an answer of "ULU" from them means that the embedded question is false.
    On to the matter of determining order. Posed to the middle alien, the first question is this: "If I asked you whether the overlord on my left is Arr (unknown), would you answer 'OZO' (unknown meaning)?"
    This question isn't about confirming who IS Arr, it's about confirming who IS NOT Arr.
    If Arr is on either side, the first alien you're talking to must be Tee/Eff and you'd then know for sure where Arr is based on their answer. If Arr is in the middle, then the answer he gives would still point you in the correct direction because he ISN'T on either side. If Arr says "OZO" randomly, you would now be choosing between left and middle alien. If Arr says "ULU" randomly, you would be choosing between right and middle alien. Either way, you've determined the two spots where Arr COULD be and, more importantly, the one where he definitely COULDN'T be.
    Originally, I was confused because it seemed like this solution required starting with Tee/Eff for sure, and already knowing which side Arr is on so you can formulate your question accordingly and know that you wouldn't be getting a random answer. However, getting a random answer isn't as much of a wrench in the works as I first thought, because that in itself can be used to make an elimination as Arr can't be in two places at once.
    I'm not claiming to be an expert logician or anything and I admit that I could definitely be wrong, but that's my understanding of this riddle. In my opinion, the hardest part to understand is the fact that Arr answering randomly doesn't prevent you from being able to find the correct answer, so I decided to post how I worked through it in case it might be a help to anyone else. :)

    • @neelsharma3962
      @neelsharma3962 Před 2 lety +33

      i dint understand a thing lol

    • @diegozinedine514
      @diegozinedine514 Před 2 lety +19

      I aint reading all of that lol

    • @JustAnotherHumanBeing980
      @JustAnotherHumanBeing980 Před 2 lety +18

      Tysmm originally i didn’t understand a thing but now i understand a bit :))
      But you’re right the hardest part to understand is the fact that Arr answering randomly doesn’t prevent u from being able to find the correct answer - i still don’t understand (going crazy rn 😫😫😫)

    • @CubicSagacity
      @CubicSagacity Před 2 lety +3

      @@JustAnotherHumanBeing980 I know! It's crazy how hard it is to make one's brain work through it 😂
      I would say the two biggest things are that:
      1) Tee or Eff answering with "OZO" for sure means your embedded question is true, while an answer of "ULU" from Tee or Eff for sure means the embedded question is false
      2) Arr can't be in two places at once. If Arr is in the middle and he answers your question randomly, he's telling you that Arr is not on a certain side, which is true because you're talking to him right now in the middle. While this information may come in the form of him lying and saying Arr IS located on a certain side, that still gets you in the correct direction because you've eliminated a position where he couldn't be either way. (If, answering randomly, he indicates that Arr is on the left, you'll eliminate the possibility of him being on the right. It is true that he is not on the right: he is currently in the middle.) And if you're talking to Tee/Eff in the middle, then your problems are solved anyway hahah
      Maybe that helped a little? Hopefully it did 😅

    • @JustAnotherHumanBeing980
      @JustAnotherHumanBeing980 Před 2 lety +3

      @@CubicSagacity hmmm...🧐 I’m still working on it, thanks for the explanation tho :)

  • @puppetgeneral39
    @puppetgeneral39 Před 2 lety +497

    I pick up an artifact at random and pretend to drop it. I watch as one of the overlord’s eyes widen. It’s his artifact.
    I pick up another artifact and say “It’s chipped. See?” The first overlord to come forward does so in a worried rush. It’s his artifact.
    The last one I toss to the last overlord and say goodbye.

  • @XEZ616
    @XEZ616 Před 7 lety +1158

    Little did you know, TEE helped to repair ship as he promised, EFF lied about fixing your ship and messed up your navigation system instead, while ARR left a timed bomb as a gift.

    • @vleesevlons
      @vleesevlons Před 7 lety +71

      555 To The 666 And the bomb only explodes when the timer says 0, but the timer only shows random numbers.

    • @taichisuzuki1207
      @taichisuzuki1207 Před 7 lety +32

      lol. Considering their nature (one honest, one lies, one unreliable), they could do something like that.

    • @childofpersia1213
      @childofpersia1213 Před 7 lety +4

      555 To The 666 ARR= WILDCARD (Like Charlie day in its always sunny 🤣)

    • @JBsoloman5000
      @JBsoloman5000 Před 7 lety +21

      Yea, but even as the ship got f%cked, You got Yourself killed before You found it out, because You asked the 4th question - how far is earth at the end of video...

    • @aprilagustin6750
      @aprilagustin6750 Před 7 lety +3

      555 To The 666 PLOT TWIST

  • @jackfinnegan2217
    @jackfinnegan2217 Před 7 lety +6033

    Learns an entirely new alien language in a day. But can't say Yes or No.
    Seems legit.

  • @dVTHoR
    @dVTHoR Před rokem +79

    I’m just happy to say, despite not coming up with the answer, I was finally able to completely
    Understand the solution after some time. It took a while thought as they brush through that solution so fast without explaining in detail.
    It’s pretty remarkable for someone to come up with the full answer. In hindsight, it makes so much sense that question 1 must isolate one that isn’t the random answerer - as no other questions can contain information until you have at least that. But still.. even making that discovery, coming up with that first question is very difficult to do.

    • @TOMMY-AND-FRIENDS
      @TOMMY-AND-FRIENDS Před 10 měsíci

      But what if the alien in question 1 is r

    • @RH-nk7eo
      @RH-nk7eo Před 9 měsíci +1

      ​@@TOMMY-AND-FRIENDSit doesn't matter. The first question either confirms the left or the right isn't R. From there you ask the second question to either the left or the right. The centre doesn't matter.

    • @duyle7831
      @duyle7831 Před měsícem

      @@RH-nk7eoi still dont get it, if you accidentally ask Arr the question, that answer is already meaningless, how doesnt it matter ?

    • @mli2883
      @mli2883 Před 18 dny

      ​@@duyle7831it's because the first question is meant to find whom among the lords at either side isn't r. if youre already talking to r, then neither of the sides are him, so r's random answer doesn't matter since it'll point to a non-r lord either way

    • @duyle7831
      @duyle7831 Před 17 dny

      @@mli2883 but you still dont know for certain if you're talking to Arr or not?

  • @markimbing8018
    @markimbing8018 Před rokem +69

    2:15 It would be better to explain this by not using ozo or ulu. For example: “If I asked you if 2+2=4, would you say yes?” To the embedded question, Tee would say yes. Tee would reply to your question and say “Yes, I would say yes if you asked me if 2+2=4.”
    The rules state that Eff always lies. It doesn’t imply that Eff would say the opposite of Tee or vice versa. To the embedded question, Eff would say no. If he said “No, I would say no to 2+2=4.”, that means he said something true, which contradicts his rule of lying. Instead, he would lie and say “Yes, I would say yes to 2+2=4.”
    Reverse example: “If I asked you if 2+2=4, would you say no?” To the embedded question, Tee would say no, so Tee replies and says “No, I would say yes to 2+2=4.” Eff, again, would tell the truth and break his lying rule if he says “Yes, I would say no to 2+2=4.” So he would have to say “No, I would say yes to 2+2=4.”

    • @Zurpador164
      @Zurpador164 Před rokem +4

      But they don't speak english, how could they answer Yes, the fact that you don't know what they are saying is a big part of the problem

    • @Nico-kg8so
      @Nico-kg8so Před rokem +4

      Thank you Mark! I can visualise better with your explanation!

    • @americaduyen6041
      @americaduyen6041 Před rokem

      Too much explaning

    • @shodeblade
      @shodeblade Před rokem +1

      @@Zurpador164 It's just an addition in their answer to make the answer easier to understand, the first word "Yes" and "No" in their can be replaced with ozo and ulu

    • @interstellar0001
      @interstellar0001 Před rokem

      Danke

  • @Abi-hq1lm
    @Abi-hq1lm Před 4 lety +15705

    "So.. can you solve the riddle?"
    "Well ozo, but actually ulu"

    • @Aster_rex
      @Aster_rex Před 4 lety +572

      You could have just made this meme 100 times better or ruined it forever
      I approve

    • @unluckydemon7026
      @unluckydemon7026 Před 4 lety +118

      Well, no but actually yes

    • @ethanfreeman9243
      @ethanfreeman9243 Před 4 lety +141

      Well ulu, but actually ozo

    • @MrKnivan
      @MrKnivan Před 4 lety +76

      This right here is a fantastic comment congrats

    • @kamillahebberd1004
      @kamillahebberd1004 Před 4 lety +17

      Johnny zoo is yes then?

  • @ayushmehta6051
    @ayushmehta6051 Před 5 lety +15018

    TED-Ed: Did you solve the puzzle?
    Me: Ozo.

  • @jlyaaburnee
    @jlyaaburnee Před 5 měsíci +8

    an explanation;
    the gist of this whole riddle is to emphasize the power of a double negative. we can obtain all the information we need from these gods using double negatives, without even knowing the meaning of the answer or the how truthful it is.
    understanding why tee and eff will give their given answers is the easy part, at least when we are asking questions we know whether or not are true or false. i think when we try to get answers we dont already know, thats when it gets difficult and we get lost in the sauce.
    instead of ozo and ulu, ill use x and y for simplicity, with ozo=x and ulu=y.
    if the embedded question is true, no matter what x or y is, what we ask is going to either give a double positive or negative.
    (if i ask you whether or not the sky is blue, would you answer x?)
    when x=yes
    tee -> x!
    eff -> x! (to the question itself, it would answer y)
    when x=no
    tee -> x!
    eff -> x! (lies about lying to the embedded question.)
    the important part here is to realize they both responded x because the embedded question was true.
    what would happen if it was false?
    (if asked you whether or not the sky is red, would you answer x?)
    when x=yes
    tee -> y!
    eff -> y! (would say x to embedded question)
    when x=no
    tee -> y!
    eff -> y! (would say x to embedded question.)
    the takeaway is _when our embedded question is true,_ irregardless of what x or y is, we will get that same variable we put in our question back from them. thats the only thing all that x and y mess above told us thats important.
    now that we know what the answers to true and false questions look like, we can use the gods responses to see whether or not their responses match a true or false embedded statement. look;
    if i asked you whether *abc,* would you answer x?
    if a god responds -> x
    then we have proved above that abc must be a true statement, and we learned something new!
    if a god responds -> y
    then we have proved that abc must be false. just scroll up!
    now we use statements on the position of the gods to get them to sell each other out!
    but do not lost sight of the big picture- we dont care what ozo and ulu are! we dont need to! it doesnt matter! what matters is _if your embedded question is true!_

    • @dariosabatini7053
      @dariosabatini7053 Před 5 měsíci +3

      Underappreciated detailed explaination

    • @jlyaaburnee
      @jlyaaburnee Před 5 měsíci

      @@dariosabatini7053 thank you, i put it here to remind myself when i rewatch it

    • @myhorizon9533
      @myhorizon9533 Před 26 dny

      Now i finally understand it after all these years, thank you

  • @ali_p_q7920
    @ali_p_q7920 Před 2 lety +20

    That final question is basically choosing between learning what Ozo and Ulu actually mean or getting a last useful answer out of Tee. I think I would ask the 2+2=4 to know what Ozo means.
    The first time I watched this video I totally didn't fully understand the solution, so at the end I thought Tee's answer was useless. But no, Ozo means our conjecture is correct, so it will be a long way to Earth (we know that now), we just don't know yet what Ozo actually means.
    I really love this riddle. I watched this video some 3 times or more on different occasions. It is so beautifully complicated.

  • @taffymatt1366
    @taffymatt1366 Před 5 lety +4513

    "You and your team"
    *you and a dog walk off the ship*

  • @fathomgaming25
    @fathomgaming25 Před 4 lety +1916

    “You and your team have crash landed on an ancient planet”
    **9 year old girl and a dog walk out of the space ship**

  • @TheIndieGhost
    @TheIndieGhost Před 9 měsíci +15

    Just realized that the names of the gods are, in a way, what they do.
    "Tee" sounds like T -> True
    "Eff" sounds like F -> False
    "Arr" sound like R -> Random

  • @rybiryj
    @rybiryj Před 2 lety +62

    Great riddle, I like it a lot! It was indeed hard for me. Took me about 1-2 hours and 1 page of notes to find a solution

    • @GabriTell
      @GabriTell Před rokem +5

      It took me about a Week to find a solution xD (but at least I solved it, not as most people >:D)

    • @MeadowJennings-se4xe
      @MeadowJennings-se4xe Před 3 měsíci

      wow! that's some dedication. I just skip to the solution and try to understand it

    • @Khanh1321
      @Khanh1321 Před 3 měsíci

      youre a great problem solver. Took like an hour just to get the first question for me. I did not manage to get the 2nd and 3rd but can understand the solution.

  • @potatoesandducks958
    @potatoesandducks958 Před 2 lety +3905

    "Can you solve the riddle-"
    Simply understanding the solution is an achievement, let alone trying to make your own solution

    • @lukasg4807
      @lukasg4807 Před rokem +59

      Yeah, thought we knew who the overlords were just not which artifact they wanted

    • @Tristanchatoy07
      @Tristanchatoy07 Před rokem +4

      1/0=planet: OH GOD NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    • @davidbnpl
      @davidbnpl Před rokem +12

      Exactly.. I think of myself as pretty good riddle solver but this one... I was really happy I understood the solution :D I had simply no idea how to solve it.

    • @cavaebi7890
      @cavaebi7890 Před 9 měsíci +2

      took me one hour in my head to check every possiblity LMAO

    • @klastic5918
      @klastic5918 Před 4 měsíci +2

      This explanation is really bad. In the example solve, it says “you could be talking to R but lets assume not.”

  • @ohheyimjulez9690
    @ohheyimjulez9690 Před 4 lety +12586

    Thank God we landed next to that rock engraved with the information we needed.

    • @valroz
      @valroz Před 4 lety +598

      And that too in English

    • @-notporygon-1049
      @-notporygon-1049 Před 4 lety +131

      all three of them

    • @edgemadefoxe367
      @edgemadefoxe367 Před 4 lety +105

      @@valroz no they can be in the alien language cause you understand the language but not what Ulu or Ozo mean

    • @lyndseypaige9339
      @lyndseypaige9339 Před 4 lety +147

      but it sure is unfortunate that we crash landed on a planet with 3 aliens that have certain tendencies to lie and tell the truth, and that we know the entire alien language except for yes and no, and that we can only ask three yes or no questions, and that the aliens only respond with ozo and ulu.

    • @edgemadefoxe367
      @edgemadefoxe367 Před 4 lety +40

      The original one was about gods and the gods understand your language but can only reply with Olu or Ozo

  • @FallFlat-un8xe
    @FallFlat-un8xe Před rokem +10

    The part of double positive and double negative both come out positive is very impressive and help logic

    • @olive4846
      @olive4846 Před 10 měsíci

      what does it mean?.. i dont get how tee and eff would both answer the same thing to 2+2?..

    • @finmonster5827
      @finmonster5827 Před 5 měsíci +1

      ​@@olive4846 the crucial thing here is how the question is put: with that "if I asked you ... would you say ...". tee would say true 2 times. eff will lie 2 times. 2 lies in such case make true.

  • @rmhz6815
    @rmhz6815 Před rokem +2

    I couldn't understand it at first, but now that it has been explained i still can't

  • @adrijarambhatla3898
    @adrijarambhatla3898 Před 4 lety +10411

    Me: knows entire alien language
    Also me: doesn't know the difference between yes and no

    • @MayBeBasic
      @MayBeBasic Před 4 lety +337

      *bruh moment*

    • @Inkyminkyzizwoz
      @Inkyminkyzizwoz Před 4 lety +619

      There is an alternative version of this puzzle that says they understand English but will always answer in their own language, which makes it more plausible

    • @nasooong9544
      @nasooong9544 Před 4 lety +20

      MayBeBasic LMFAOO

    • @felixschreave354
      @felixschreave354 Před 4 lety +104

      It’s like latin, there are hardly any ways to greet someone but there are a lot of insults lol

    • @mirianramires7592
      @mirianramires7592 Před 4 lety +6

      Adrija Rambhatla
      LOGIC

  • @gamechep
    @gamechep Před 4 lety +3300

    *Me* : If I asked you if Schrödinger's cat is alive, would you say OZO?
    *Alien overlords* : * visible confusion *

  • @snoozymac2377
    @snoozymac2377 Před rokem +22

    step 1: leave
    step 2: get a degree in english teaching
    step 3: teach "yes" and "no" to the overlords
    step 4: overlords are satisfied and let you leave
    step 5: oh wait a second

    • @lauren9536
      @lauren9536 Před rokem

      "are the overlords satisfied?"
      ozo

  • @electric_chris
    @electric_chris Před 2 měsíci +2

    After seven years, I am proud to say that I finally understand the solution to this riddle (although I would still have no clue how to solve the riddle independently)

  • @phantrash2938
    @phantrash2938 Před 7 lety +1230

    everyone is having very intelligent discussions in the comment section while i'm literally like wtf

    • @mikrokosmos-pluto
      @mikrokosmos-pluto Před 7 lety +20

      Phan Trash You're not alone, man. *Taps your shoulder* You're not alone.

    • @AJ-qv1kv
      @AJ-qv1kv Před 7 lety +7

      I literally did not follow that at all, good thing I'm not alone

    • @grtwhtbnr
      @grtwhtbnr Před 7 lety +1

      The one saying "no" or lying, realizes he is lying and tells the truth. Seriously.
      Is 2+2=4?
      Truth - yes
      Liar - no...but realizes he is lying so says "yes" for some reason

    • @hardcoregayyaoilover
      @hardcoregayyaoilover Před 7 lety +2

      since he lies, he lies to himself...?

    • @arcuesfanatic
      @arcuesfanatic Před 7 lety +12

      If asked "If I asked you if 2+2=4, would you respond 'ozo'?", it doesn't matter what "ozo" and "ulu" actually mean. Tee's response would be straight forward. If "ozo" meant yes, he would truthfully reply "yes", since he would in fact say yes to the condition. Eff, however would actually respond no to the condition, due to him always lying. So since he would actually respond "no", he instead responds "yes" to being asked if he would respond "yes" to the question. This means in either case, they would both respond "ozo", since we assume here "ozo" means "yes."
      Let's assume instead that "ozo" means "no." In that case Tee, who would normally respond "yes" to the condition, responds "no", since he would not say "no" to the condition. Eff, on the other hand, would normally say "no" to the condition. Therefore, if asked if he would respond "no", he would lie and say "no" to the question, since he actually would say "no" to the condition. Either way, the would still respond "ozo" to the question, based on our assumption.
      Because of all of this, no matter if we ask Tee or Eff, or if "ozo" means "yes" or "no", both of them will respond "ozo" if the condition is true, and "ulu" if the condition is false. This doesn't help us with Arr, since his response is random, but that's what the rest of the video is for.

  • @chatnoir3025
    @chatnoir3025 Před 3 lety +12805

    I can't imagine being able to decipher an entire alien language to the point I can ask any question but not able to translate "yes" and "no".

    • @Inkyminkyzizwoz
      @Inkyminkyzizwoz Před 3 lety +1341

      I saw another version of this puzzle saying that they understand you but will only answer in their own language, which is a lot more plausible

    • @user-qt8fn1kv2q
      @user-qt8fn1kv2q Před 3 lety +390

      @@Inkyminkyzizwoz also, if you have to ask a question in their language, you won't be able to ask "if 'ozo' means 'yes', ..."
      since you don't know how to say 'yes' in their language.
      You'd have to ask something like "if 'ozo' means 'ozo', ..."
      which can't give you any useful information.

    • @heloxiii8894
      @heloxiii8894 Před 3 lety +17

      yes

    • @markburke1396
      @markburke1396 Před 3 lety +77

      @@user-qt8fn1kv2q Unless you ask Eff if 'Ozo' means 'Ozo', then he would have to lie and say 'Ulu'.

    • @fa3il_5air72
      @fa3il_5air72 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Inkyminkyzizwoz Where?

  • @dhruvt1989
    @dhruvt1989 Před rokem +2

    Took me half an hour on a whiteboard with marker, but I am thorough with all the steps and feeling happy.

  • @nexitec_891
    @nexitec_891 Před 16 dny

    seven years ago this was made, yet i still come back to it once in a while to remember the solution

  • @linneald
    @linneald Před 5 lety +7223

    I think I lost a few braincells trying to understand this

    • @PJSM94
      @PJSM94 Před 5 lety +195

      It's really not that difficult.
      If I asked you, "(insert hypothetical question here)," *would you reply "OZO"?*
      -If the hypothetical is true, Tee AND Eff will ALWAYS reply OZO
      -If the hypothetical is false, Tee AND Eff will always reply ULU.
      However, if we swapped out OZO for ULU in our question, everything would be the opposite. Like this:
      If I asked you, "(insert hypothetical question here)," *would you reply "ULU"?*
      -If the hypothetical is true, Tee AND Eff will ALWAYS reply ULU
      -If the hypothetical is false, Tee AND Eff will always reply OZO.
      Whatever you decide to put in at "would you reply _____?" will always be the response if the hypothetical is true.
      Here's an example:
      If I asked you, "Does 2+2=4," would you reply *"OZO"?*
      The answer will always be OZO if you're asking Tee or Eff. You could swap out OZO for ULU, though.
      If I asked you, "Does 2+2=4," would you reply "ULU"?
      Again, Tee and Eff will always reply ULL since the hypothetical is true. If it's false, they'll answer with the opposite word that's in the question.
      Let's assume we're talking to Eff.
      If I asked you, "Are you Eff," would you reply "OZO"?
      Assume OZO = TRUE. You can essentially rewrite the question:
      If I asked you, "Are you Eff," would you answer "yes"?
      Think about what Eff's reply will be, given that he always lies. If he says "yes, I would say yes," he's lying about answering yes to the other question. Which is what he would do.. he's Eff. But if he replied "no," or the opposite to the word in the question," he would essentially being saying, "no, I would not say yes to that question." That's actually a true statement. He's being honest that he would like to us. So, he has to reply with OZO, given that is the word in the question and the hypothetical is true.
      So even if that doesn't make sense, you just have to understand that whatever word is in the question, OZO or ULU, that will be the answer IF the hypothetical is *true*, and if the hypothetical is false, the opposite word that isn't in the question will be there answer.
      When we ask the alien in the middle:
      If I asked you "Is Are to my left," would you reply OZO?
      -We have 3 options. We're either talking to Eff, Tee, or Arr.
      Let's say we get the reply ULU. We know that ULU is the opposite to the word in the question, OZO. So, IF we are talking to Tee or Eff and we get the response ULU, we know that the hypothetical is false. This means, Arr isn't on the left. But if we are talking to Arr, well that means he is also still not on the left, because he's in the middle. IF we get the reply ULU, Arr is eliminated from the left.. meaning it's either Eff or Tee, so we won't get a random answer as a possibility when we ask that alien a question. So, go to the left most Alien.
      If I were to ask you, "Are you Tee," would you reply OZO?
      An ozo reply indicates that the hypothetical is true. If it's true, then we are talking to Tee. If it's false, we are talking to Eff. Let's say it's true and we get an ozo reply, so it's Tee. We know one Alien. Now, just ask Tee this:
      If I were to ask you, "Is the alien in the middle Arr," would you reply OZO?
      An OZO reply means the middle alien is Arr.
      An ULU reply means the Alien is Eff.
      There, you solved it.

    • @pekkapaco5333
      @pekkapaco5333 Před 5 lety +399

      Jed Miller "It's really not that difficult ...**convoluted 2 page essay**
      There, easy!"

    • @rakotondrazakatojoherilant6403
      @rakotondrazakatojoherilant6403 Před 5 lety +43

      Jed Miller but what makes us so true that we are asking either tee or eff , we may talking to err?

    • @canaDavid1
      @canaDavid1 Před 5 lety +16

      @@PJSM94 *oh ok*

    • @Ian.langford823
      @Ian.langford823 Před 4 lety +123

      Here's by far the easiest way to understand this:
      To help you understand let's say Ozo means yes and Ulu means no. Then let's say the aliens in order from left to right are:
      Tee | Eff | Arr
      The solution to the problem is tricking Eff into always telling the truth by using a double negative. Here's how: If you asked him "is the god to your left Arr?" he would lie and say yes(ozo). So if you instead say "if I asked you if the god to your left were Arr, would you say yes(ozo)?" Since he indeed would have, he would lie again and say no(ulu). We just tricked him into telling the truth. Now if Tee and Eff were switched then the exact same thing would've happened. If you asked Tee "is the god on your left Arr?" he would've told the truth and said no(ulu). So if you asked him "if I asked you if the god on your left were Arr, would you say yes(ozo). He would not have so he would still say no(ulu). So whether Tee or Eff is in the middle either one would've told the truth. So what if you're speaking to Arr? Well then that would mean the one on the left couldn't be Arr of course. The whole point of the first question is just to figure out which of the three is NOT Arr. Which you now know is the one on the left. So now you know that the one on the left is either Tee or Eff, and you know how to trick Eff into telling the truth. So now you ask the one on the left "if I asked you if you were Eff, would you say yes(ozo)?" since it's Tee he would say "no(ulu)". So now you know it's Tee. So now you ask Tee again "is the one in the middle Arr?" Tee would say no(ulu) so you would know the one in the middle must be Eff which means the one on the right must be Arr.
      Now the reason you don't need to know what Ozo or Ulu means is because you just need to see if they respond with the same word you used or not. If you ask the question with Ozo and they answer with Ozo then they're basically saying yes. If they respond with Ozo when you say Ulu it means no, if they respond with Ulu when you say Ozo it means no. If they respond with Ozo when you say Ozo it means yes. If they respond to Ulu with Ulu it means yes. This whole riddle is basically using negatives and positives from math to solve the problem. If you use a negative, and they use a positive then the solution is negative, or false. If you use a negative and they use a negative then the solution is positive, or true. So now look at the question again "If I asked you if the god on the left is Arr, would you say Ozo?" He replies "Ulu". So you know he's saying the god on the left is NOT Arr. Either he's telling the truth or he IS Arr, either way you know the god on the left isn't Arr, which allows you to figure out the other two. Hope this helps.

  • @ZHBG-ll7fy
    @ZHBG-ll7fy Před 6 lety +1721

    >deciphered an entire alien language
    >except two common, crucial words, ozo and ulu

    • @keiganm1287
      @keiganm1287 Před 6 lety +89

      ZHBG 9224 perfect understanding of a language so you can apply double negatives to long sentences, while also using perfect grammar comes with draw backs.

    • @mcfarvo
      @mcfarvo Před 6 lety +30

      It's not a probable scenario, but it is a logical problem. ;)

    • @sidjtd
      @sidjtd Před 6 lety +24

      Well, you’re either Aladeeen about it or Aladeen about it, but I think you’re Aladeen about it

    • @jakem.4971
      @jakem.4971 Před 6 lety +4

      S. dictator

    • @PinkENBlue
      @PinkENBlue Před 6 lety +8

      Yeah ikr, if it's the entire language you already deciphered, why'd you not know of yes or no in their language?
      It sounds like a 4chan post

  • @yeetupusdeletus7041
    @yeetupusdeletus7041 Před 2 lety +3

    So how confusing do you want this riddle to be?
    Ted-Ed: *Well, ozo but actually ulu.*

  • @davidwallace3933
    @davidwallace3933 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I figured out another 2-question solution using another special question, and this solution is better than my last. This solution exploits the same 2 facts: 1. Nobody knows what Arr would say because he answers randomly, and 2. Both Tee or Eff cannot answer ozo or ulu if he doesn’t know the answer.
    Let’s label the aliens from left to right as A, B, and C.
    The strategy is to find Arr first. Ask A, “If I asked him (pointing at B) if he were Tee, would he say ozo?” If A cannot answer ozo or ulu, then B must be Arr; A cannot answer if he does not know how B would answer. If you’re lucky in finding Arr right away, then ask C, “If I asked him (pointing at A) if he were Tee, would he say ozo?” If C answers ozo, then A is Eff and C is Tee, but if C answers ulu, then A is Tee and C is Eff.
    If you were not so lucky to find Arr yet, then he’s either A or C. Ask B, “If I asked him (pointing at C) if he were Tee, would he say ozo?” If B cannot answer ozo or ulu, then C must be Arr and A’s prior answer is all you need. If A answered ozo, then A is Tee and B is Eff, but if A answered ulu, then A is Eff and B is Tee.
    On the other hand, if B answers ozo or ulu, then A must be Arr. If B says ozo, then B is Tee and C is Eff. If B says ulu, then B is Eff and C is Tee.
    Please let me know what you think.

  • @thebuttoncrafters1708
    @thebuttoncrafters1708 Před 3 lety +5575

    Ted-ed: “Can you solve the riddle?”
    Me: *”No. I am here for the answer.”*

    • @doomcarry69
      @doomcarry69 Před 3 lety +211

      i cant even understand the answer

    • @curtain9842
      @curtain9842 Před 3 lety +5

      Avneet Singh same

    • @autumnveir1168
      @autumnveir1168 Před 3 lety +9

      Just say ulu

    • @user-kt3jn7wx5f
      @user-kt3jn7wx5f Před 3 lety +7

      @@autumnveir1168 ozo

    • @xmm8299
      @xmm8299 Před 3 lety +8

      Its actually not overly difficult to solve or understand the answer if you have a good knowledge of bool's algebra and good experience in problem solving. Otherwise, however, it is incredibly difficult

  • @norrinmaize1210
    @norrinmaize1210 Před 4 lety +1687

    Ted-Ed: did you solve the hardest puzzle in the world with only 1 brain cell in just 3 seconds?
    Me:
    Ü̶̢̡̡̮̣̣͇͙͎̩̼̺̺͐̀l̶͉͙͚͙̳͉̣̦̟̲̱̰̱͈̦̤͚̽̀́͑͆̊̀̎́͛́̋̔̈́͛̏́͜͝͝z̶̛̺̠̝̙̜̼͒̏́͒͌̑͊͑̒̿͆̒͂͜͠͝o̶̺̥̓͋͗́́̓̉͘̕͠͝͝͝
    ̵͇͔̳̣̥͉͎̱͒̌͛̉͆̊̀

  • @Playblueberry
    @Playblueberry Před 10 měsíci +3

    In fact, there IS a way to find out the translation of these words. After we have found out who is who, without wasting the last question to find out what we won't understand, we ask either Tee or Eff: "Does Tee always tell the truth?" / "Does Eff always lie?" Tee's answer is always true, and since we ourselves know the answers to our questions, Tee's answer translates to "yes". Accordingly, if we ask Eff, his answer translates to "no".

  • @S.Immortale
    @S.Immortale Před 8 měsíci

    Would it still be possible to be solved if each lord is only allowed to be asked once?
    I've thought that you can ask the lord that isn't Arr as from your first question to identify if the one in the middle is Arr. If yes, ask the remaining one who he is; but if no, the remaining one would be Arr and now we may not be able to solve it if each lord can only be asked once. Or is there another way to solve?

  • @Dowlphin
    @Dowlphin Před 7 lety +2124

    Arr, where the Eff is my Tee?

  • @infernoninja5195
    @infernoninja5195 Před 4 lety +2874

    Friend: solves riddle
    Me: Who tee eff arr you? God?

    • @babyleomummy
      @babyleomummy Před 3 lety +66

      😂😂😂😂😂 Good one,man!

    • @cookiecakeeater6340
      @cookiecakeeater6340 Před 3 lety +38

      Well you really just need to think about it however long it takes you to figure it out and you probably will eventually

    • @Ananth_
      @Ananth_ Před 3 lety +27

      Lol😂
      Underrated !!

    • @cookiecakeeater6340
      @cookiecakeeater6340 Před 3 lety +17

      Actually this is a joke so never mind that has nothing to do with it

    • @Ananth_
      @Ananth_ Před 3 lety +10

      @Yoan Aditya what he said to make you say wtf ?

  • @roshan081990
    @roshan081990 Před 2 lety +7

    So the part that is confusing is about Ozo being either “Yes” or “No”. But the thing is that doesn’t matter. What is important to know is that receiving Ozo equates to the imbedded question being “True” and receiving Ulu equates to “False”. True and False are not the same as Yes and No, respectively. Hence, the meaning of the words does not matter. So regardless if you ask the question to Tee, Eff or Arr, if you receive Ozo as the answer it means the imbedded question is True and if the answer is Ulu that means it’s False.

    • @MichaelDarrow-tr1mn
      @MichaelDarrow-tr1mn Před 11 měsíci

      except if you're talking to arr, arr completely skips that and just picks at random

    • @alvedonaren
      @alvedonaren Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@MichaelDarrow-tr1mn But the whole point about the first question is to guarantee that you ask the secodn and third questions to someone who isn't Arr. If Arr is on one of the sides then the first question will direct you to the side whe he isn't. If Arr is in the middle then the first question doesn't matter because you're always asking the second and third questions to one of the sides.

  • @HartyBiker
    @HartyBiker Před 2 lety

    Dang it this video really could have helped me out the other week when I was in this situation

  • @cat5220
    @cat5220 Před 7 lety +5603

    Ted: Can you solve this riddle? Me: how dare you underestimate me of course I ca... *WTF IS THIS*

    • @magiv4205
      @magiv4205 Před 7 lety +159

      Same I feel ashamed.

    • @larissa13787
      @larissa13787 Před 7 lety +67

      Ikrrr sameee i thought I was good at solving riddles...

    • @331Dylan
      @331Dylan Před 7 lety +123

      exatly... i cant really understand the explanation

    • @bastienmillecam3183
      @bastienmillecam3183 Před 6 lety +46

      It's not that I don't understand the explanation.... exactly. it's just that I fail to see how it is fail proof?

    • @hmrtacr
      @hmrtacr Před 6 lety +30

      Usually most of channels ask easy questions for you to feel better about yourself. So you watch more of the same channels videos.

  • @dearaili
    @dearaili Před 3 lety +7986

    imagine if you solved all of that and you ask tee “is it a long way to earth?” and tee just replies “yes.”

    • @Inkyminkyzizwoz
      @Inkyminkyzizwoz Před 3 lety +181

      You could ask him a question that you already know the answer to, so you would then know which word meant which

    • @dearaili
      @dearaili Před 3 lety +308

      @@Inkyminkyzizwoz yeah i get that aha but like its that he could talk english the whole time lmao

    • @chriswebster24
      @chriswebster24 Před 3 lety +28

      @@Inkyminkyzizwoz Yeah but then you’d be out of questions and it wouldn’t do you any good because you couldn’t ask anything else.

    • @spooky2526
      @spooky2526 Před 2 lety +10

      @@chriswebster24 well since any other question wouldn't yield useful I formation either might as well ask that so you don't beat yourself up for the rest of your life because you don't know it lol

    • @charliedegiulio9951
      @charliedegiulio9951 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Inkyminkyzizwoz but you do not know if it is Tee or Eff or Arr

  • @electric_chris
    @electric_chris Před 2 měsíci +1

    I just realised that you could determine which word means "yes" and which word means "no" with your final (fourth) question
    There are several ways to go about this, but the simplest is asking Tee whether or not he is Tee
    Do not add a hypothetical statement to this question, simply ask Tee, "Are you Tee?"
    Since we know the question is true and Tee always answers truthfully, there are only two possible outcomes:
    1) Tee answers "ozo". Therefore, "ozo" means "yes" and "ulu" means "no"
    2) Tee answers "ulu". Therefore, "ulu" means "yes" and "ozo" means "no"

  • @andrewherrmann5243
    @andrewherrmann5243 Před 2 lety +3

    around 4:05 is where I got lost. there's just like one too many conditional for me to make sense of how the second question's alien's answer determines their identity...
    edit: NVM I JUST HAD TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE EARLIER NOTES. no matter which way the second alien replies, it determines the validity of the internal question. there are a lot of layers in this one. questions within logical deductions within even further questions... mind twisting stuff, i can see why this one earned its title

  • @AnmolSingh-rs9ze
    @AnmolSingh-rs9ze Před 3 lety +6532

    Me as an intellectual: Place all artifacts in front of them allowing them to pick their artifact.

    • @in-everything2330
      @in-everything2330 Před 3 lety +200

      yeah thats totally easier

    • @legendaxicad._
      @legendaxicad._ Před 3 lety +68

      Ozo = x^2 x pi. No solution. But.... if I told you there was, what would it be, yes or no? Ozo means yes, while ulu means no. This is solved by asking if Tee's name is Tee, and whatever he responds with is yes. By mentioning his name, he will respond truthfully. He responds Ozo, which is now yes. This identifies Tee, and solves for Ozo. Now, you mention Eff and pick a answer where you know if it is yes or no. This finds Eff and can lead to maybe discoveries and other possibilities. You then find Arr, and ask Tee if you this is the correct overlords' names.

    • @commandercaptain4664
      @commandercaptain4664 Před 3 lety +229

      R would just take somebody else's artifact, T would whine about it, and F would go full Karen.

    • @wotgamerz9212
      @wotgamerz9212 Před 3 lety +39

      @@commandercaptain4664 actually ur right eff would take others artifact not his own

    • @wotgamerz9212
      @wotgamerz9212 Před 3 lety +6

      he lie boi right? and arr idk tee would take his own artfact unless eff already took it

  • @FireypepperCP
    @FireypepperCP Před 4 lety +8963

    For anyone who's good at math, this is what math sounds like to people who are bad at it

  • @Himynameisnotcarpet
    @Himynameisnotcarpet Před 2 lety

    Who else is binge watching these and just being wowed by the answers?

  • @xarsx1
    @xarsx1 Před 9 měsíci +2

    At this point i will be the 4th god on that planet named BEE and mess with other people who get stranded there

  • @OmarMohamed-xw3nt
    @OmarMohamed-xw3nt Před 4 lety +4292

    The answer got me more confused then the quiston

  • @anonpal8998
    @anonpal8998 Před 7 lety +3432

    If it were me, i would've presented all the artifacts to them at the same time and let them pick. I am not smart enough for this riddle.

    • @ephemeral5298
      @ephemeral5298 Před 7 lety +206

      I wouldve just learned their language 100% before asking anything. Seemed like they could learn pretty fast anyways

    • @Ardjamovixch
      @Ardjamovixch Před 7 lety +30

      sora ai I thought of the same solution. I bet those aliens know what artifact belongs to each other.

    • @cardsfool
      @cardsfool Před 7 lety +46

      But what if one of them lie and take an artifact that isn't theirs and cause a commotion?

    • @Vekcrazah
      @Vekcrazah Před 7 lety +48

      The Sportzers then leave while the commotion is going on xD

    • @cardsfool
      @cardsfool Před 7 lety +16

      DracoSerpentisCruor HOW the heck would I leave then?

  • @josh0troy620
    @josh0troy620 Před rokem +1

    It's been five years and I finally realized Tee (T for true) , Eff (F for False), and Arr (R for random)

  • @Blurple
    @Blurple Před 5 měsíci +8

    Basically this puzzle consists of two logics. The first one, no matter what ozo or ulu means, the god will always respond with the one you picked as "yes", and the opposite as "no". The second one is to create a logic that we can use to eliminate Arr while finding out who is lying. Because each question is trying to find Arr, we will have enough information to guess which one is the random Arr even if Arr messed up our first question from the start.

    • @deedeeen
      @deedeeen Před 5 měsíci

      spotted the artist in the wild

  • @slowloris2996
    @slowloris2996 Před 6 lety +6339

    You explained it to me but now I need someone to explain the explanation.

    • @frankjohnson123
      @frankjohnson123 Před 6 lety +367

      It's not super intuitive; you just have to check each case.
      Ask T: If I asked you if 2 + 2 = 4, would you say yes?
      answer is yes
      Ask T: If I asked you if 2 + 2 = 4, would you say no?
      answer is no
      Ask F: If I asked you if 2 + 2 = 4, would you say yes?
      F would answer 2 + 2 = 4 with no, but what you're basically asking is "do you tell the truth?" He'd lie and say yes.
      Ask F: If I asked you if 2 + 2 = 4, would you say no?
      What you're basically asking is "Would you tell a lie?" He'd lie and say no.
      If you notice, in each case the premise of the question you're asking is true. No matter what word you use, yes or no, or whether you're asking T or F, the alien would match that word. That's the hardest part of the logic puzzle; the rest is elimination.

    • @khanok02
      @khanok02 Před 6 lety +80

      Galaxy Cat, Destroyer of Worlds what i don't get is that what if you asked your first question from arr? The answer wouldn't even matter cause you don't know if he is lying or not

    • @nelsoncheng2674
      @nelsoncheng2674 Před 6 lety +40

      Galaxy Cat, Destroyer of Worlds you're actually explaining it from the wrong perspective. The key to solving this riddle is to first neglect the fact that the meaning to respective words ozo and ulu, and then use the theory of whether ++ or -- both equals + to ask them questions that is -- and see how the overlords react base on their respective logic. But you started your explanation from assuming the meaning to ozo and ulu, which is very confusing and somehow contradictory to the riddle's core essence.

    • @personanonymous9817
      @personanonymous9817 Před 6 lety

      Caden Campbell omg, lol!! Same 😂😂😂

    • @ilannatan7766
      @ilannatan7766 Před 6 lety +37

      I ozo understand the explanation

  • @MoonLight-zw7br
    @MoonLight-zw7br Před 4 lety +1103

    Did I understand the riddle?
    Ulu.
    Did I learn anything?
    Ozo.
    What did I learn?
    *To not crash-land on an alien planet.*

    • @THEFUFFYDRAGONx
      @THEFUFFYDRAGONx Před 4 lety +3

      Well if she did learn something than, and her answer to “did i learn something” is ozo. that means ozo is yes and ulu is no - So no they did not understand and yes they learned something

    • @encyclopediaamericana7234
      @encyclopediaamericana7234 Před 4 lety

      But we still don't know which is yes and which is no. The narrator just kinda assumed....lol

    • @mcbotface
      @mcbotface Před 4 lety

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @annalisebrennan6893
    @annalisebrennan6893 Před 2 lety

    literally got this right!!

  • @erikm8373
    @erikm8373 Před 12 dny

    Gotta wonder how an alien got to be an overlord by giving a random answer to every question it's asked.

  • @pamelaoh2470
    @pamelaoh2470 Před 4 lety +2279

    Imagine how frustrated Eff gets once he realised that he can never truly lie.

  • @44almm
    @44almm Před 7 lety +605

    trick question, as i am on their planet the only alien is me

  • @heyho39
    @heyho39 Před 7 měsíci

    At czcams.com/video/LKvjIsyYng8/video.html is the step I struggled with... "Similarly" was too little explanation there for me. I get it now, but I think there is kind of a difference.
    The OZO-(True) case makes sense.
    OZO means:
    Either the alien in the middle is R *or* the alien on left is *definitely* R. No other possibilities.
    -> Because R is either middle or *definitely* left, R can't be on the right.
    The ULU-(False) case was more confusing because to me it's not that similar.
    ULU means:
    Either the alien in the middle is R - or - the alien on the left is *definitely not* R. No other possibilities.
    -> Because R is either middle or *definitely not* left, R can't be on the left. I think the *not* makes it sort of a different logic. *Definitely not left* gives 2 possible positions: Middle or right. *Definitely left* is only 1 position. The result is the same, but i think it's a slightly different path.

  • @XXLittleLolitaBoyXX
    @XXLittleLolitaBoyXX Před 5 měsíci +1

    I watch Teded riddles for the plot at this point.

  • @eagletgriff
    @eagletgriff Před 4 lety +1925

    Girl: Will you say Ozo if the god next to you is Tee?
    Eff: Uwu

  • @AliMohammed-ez6nt
    @AliMohammed-ez6nt Před 7 lety +1055

    Thanks TED-Ed now i feel stupid..

  • @AyushiSingh135
    @AyushiSingh135 Před 2 lety +3

    Me to Eff: hey man would you say yes if I asked is the guy on the right is Arr?
    Eff: yes but actually no

  • @Danarchy3
    @Danarchy3 Před 7 měsíci

    You ask "would they tell me that this door leads to the center of the Labyrinth?"

  • @Kehlsteinhaus7
    @Kehlsteinhaus7 Před 7 lety +1268

    the answer is give each one an artifact, check and see if they are appeased, if not, load from previous save file, and try another combination of artifacts there are 3 artifacts (or sequences) to choose from, should take 4 or 5 tries. then exit planet.

    • @Cooljonny11
      @Cooljonny11 Před 7 lety +78

      CubeMster I forgot to save...

    • @neet8280
      @neet8280 Před 6 lety +5

      I already got my companionship badge and my skill tree is at 14

    • @eshan309
      @eshan309 Před 6 lety +4

      Cooljonny Gamin' Reload the mission.

    • @mohammadmahmoud8135
      @mohammadmahmoud8135 Před 6 lety

      CubeMster I think I've made a very detailed explanation.

    • @narwhals485
      @narwhals485 Před 6 lety +1

      LOL!!!

  • @_bunnies_3317
    @_bunnies_3317 Před 5 lety +3344

    Riddle? Hard
    Me? Confused
    The gods? Unhappy
    Hotel? Trivago

  • @shay4210
    @shay4210 Před 2 lety +5

    i showed this riddle video to my mom and all she said was "the riddle was hard but damn whoever drew Arr needs a raise. He's adorable! I wish he had more use in the riddle"
    **in conclusion my mom thinks Arr is adorable, and her next fave is Tee.**
    Update: she also asked if Arr is wearing mascara....

  • @ErizLucy
    @ErizLucy Před 7 měsíci

    "is it a long way to earth?"
    Alien : dunno man

  • @nucleon1793
    @nucleon1793 Před 4 lety +525

    When you ask the alien lords whether ozo is yes or no
    Alien lords: well yes but actually no

    • @cat1554
      @cat1554 Před 4 lety +22

      Science Theorizer Well ozo but actually ulu

    • @catserfer4753
      @catserfer4753 Před 4 lety

      Good one

    • @KommandoCraftLP
      @KommandoCraftLP Před 4 lety +1

      it is funny how at the end both you and the narrator have forgotten the key premise to this riddle.
      If you would ask Tee (or Eff, doesn't matter actually) the question "If I would ask you, whether Ozo means yes, would you answer Ozo?" and they would actually answer Ozo, then you know that your hypothetical question was true and Ozo really means yes. If they reply with Ulu your question was wrong and Ozo means no:
      "proof":
      suppose O=⊤ (yes/true/top):
      F(F(O=⊤)=O) F(F(⊤=⊤)=⊤) F(F(⊤)=⊤) F(⊥=⊤) F(⊥) ⊤
      suppose O=⊥ (no/false/bottom):
      F(F(O=⊤)=O) F(F(⊥=⊤)=⊤) F(F(⊥)=⊤) F(⊤=⊤) F(⊤) ⊥

    • @KommandoCraftLP
      @KommandoCraftLP Před 4 lety +1

      @Floki fair enough, though from the six rules you are not limited on what to ask the aliens as long as it is a yes or no question, so my proposed question is still one that she could ask. In other versions of this riddle the introduction is done a bit different and the aliens do understand your language, but can only talk in their own. I guess that is where the ambiguity in the rules emerges from. Alternatively you could also ask Tee, after having identified all aliens, if he is Tee and his answer will tell you whether Ozo or Ulu means yes.

    • @encyclopediaamericana7234
      @encyclopediaamericana7234 Před 4 lety

      They'd be like: "oh you still don't know?" Lmao!

  • @sfaxdan1740
    @sfaxdan1740 Před 4 lety +306

    Me: *watches video*
    Me: What?
    Me: *re-watches video*
    Me:.....What?

  • @nickcampbell3812
    @nickcampbell3812 Před 9 měsíci +3

    I didn't realize that you started by knowing which artifact went to which Overlord by name. I thought after identifying the Overlords, you would still have to try to figure out which artifact belongs to which name.
    Kind of makes me wonder how many questions you would need for this additional task.

  • @danielyatziv5151
    @danielyatziv5151 Před 8 měsíci

    This video predicted Pikmin 4, a dog and an astronaut working together

  • @dk14929
    @dk14929 Před 4 lety +397

    When the math teacher has explained the answer multiple times: 4:35

    • @macaroon_nuggets8008
      @macaroon_nuggets8008 Před 4 lety +42

      4:36*

    • @in-everything2330
      @in-everything2330 Před 3 lety +9

      i love it, i imagine the situation, and the cam zooming in the face is inclusive more perfect

    • @legendaxicad._
      @legendaxicad._ Před 3 lety +1

      I am the math teacher. Ozo = x^2 x pi. No solution. But.... if I told you there was, what would it be, yes or no? Ozo means yes, while ulu means no. This is solved by asking if Tee's name is Tee, and whatever he responds with is yes. By mentioning his name, he will respond truthfully. He responds Ozo, which is now yes. This identifies Tee, and solves for Ozo. Now, you mention Eff and pick a answer where you know if it is yes or no. This finds Eff and can lead to maybe discoveries and other possibilities. You then find Arr, and ask Tee if you this is the correct overlords' names.

    • @sadiefox7225
      @sadiefox7225 Před 3 lety

      I died XD

    • @sriranjaniiyer4296
      @sriranjaniiyer4296 Před 3 lety +1

      Haha

  • @coffeewolf5789
    @coffeewolf5789 Před 3 lety +2009

    1. Confirm you have green eyes.
    2. Ask the overlords to let you leave.

    • @rainmacagaan9497
      @rainmacagaan9497 Před 3 lety +91

      @koko night roma r/whoosh

    • @kirbyquartz5609
      @kirbyquartz5609 Před 3 lety +14

      Nope. Correct video. Idk what @koko night roma is talking about.

    • @kirbyquartz5609
      @kirbyquartz5609 Před 3 lety +4

      @DaRainbowGuy 23 Oops I see it as a joke now

    • @jrod9647
      @jrod9647 Před 3 lety +6

      i keep seeing these kinds of jokes that I can't even find these funny anymore

    • @kirbyquartz5609
      @kirbyquartz5609 Před 3 lety +14

      @@jrod9647 There’s another riddle where u have to confirm u have green eyes so u can ask to leave without the possibility of being thrown into a volcano. This video is commonly referenced because it has a silly plot.

  • @astronomydraws
    @astronomydraws Před 2 lety

    The monsters seem nice I’ll live with them!

  • @thisisjudith
    @thisisjudith Před 2 lety

    At the end, depending on if the trip to earth was actually long, you could tell that ozo means yes or no

  • @mr.tambourine739
    @mr.tambourine739 Před 2 lety +4158

    "Can you solve the three gods riddle?"
    *man i don't even understand the solution*

    • @Ng1Brad
      @Ng1Brad Před 2 lety +43

      So both tee and eff would answer ozo if the statement in the question is true, and would answer ulu if the statement was false, that way they can rule out one alien that isn’t arr, and asks for their identify and phrase the 3rd question based on the known identity.

    • @Hange.
      @Hange. Před 2 lety +5

      @@Ng1Brad what if they actually ask arr and tee/eff?

    • @Ng1Brad
      @Ng1Brad Před 2 lety +20

      @@Hange. If you asked arr the first question, it wouldn't matter what his answer is because the purpose of the 1st question is to find who you're 100% sure isn't arr based on their response.

    • @Ng1Brad
      @Ng1Brad Před 2 lety +62

      @@Hange.
      If "statement is true", would you answer ozo?
      Assuming ozo means yes:
      Tee: Statement is true, so ozo.
      Eff: Statement is true, but eff will give false answer, so he would have answered ulu to the statement, but the point of the question isn't whether the statement is true or false, it's on which answer they'll give, since eff will answer ulu, he changes the answer to ozo.
      Assuming ozo means no:
      Tee: Tee would've answered yes (ulu) it's true, so he answers no (ozo).
      Eff: Eff would've answer no (ozo), so his truthful answer would be ulu to the entire question, eff being eff he changes the answer to ozo.
      Now if "statement is false", would you answer ozo?
      If ozo means yes:
      Tee would say no (ulu) because it's false.
      Eff would say ozo to the statement, so when he's asked if he would answer ozo, he falsifies and answers ulu.
      If ozo means no:
      Tee answers ulu (yes) because the statement is false.
      Eff would say ulu to the statement, so when asked if he would answer ozo, he falsifies and answers ulu.
      From both scenarios we can conclude that if the statement is true, tee and eff would answer ozo (same answer you include in your whole question), if it's false, they'll both answer ulu (different answer in your whole question). Then you can work your statements around eliminating arr, so you can get straight forward answers from either Tee or eff.

    • @Hange.
      @Hange. Před 2 lety +28

      @@Ng1Brad I still didn't actually understand it but ok😅😅 it's night so maybe my mind isn't working or I just have to ask someone who speaks same language as mine.. but thank you so so much for taking your time to explain it to me💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

  • @rockdrake3176
    @rockdrake3176 Před 6 lety +1116

    Just put down the artifacts in front of the three over lords and say in alien:
    “Take the one you want”

    • @SappySoul
      @SappySoul Před 5 lety +36

      Unfortunately that is a statement. Not a question.

    • @SappySoul
      @SappySoul Před 5 lety +6

      @@anon8510 Well, if it's not a statement, those quotations threw me off.

    • @SappySoul
      @SappySoul Před 5 lety +8

      @@anon8510 Hmm, I believe your right actually. An order directs while a statement tells you about a subject. I stand corrected. An Order is what I wanted to say. Thanks.

    • @eater999
      @eater999 Před 5 lety

      braaainsiogame That's not how wooshing works.

    • @raredrop6872
      @raredrop6872 Před 5 lety +11

      @@SappySoul then how about.. Could you take what you want? Please?... Ahahha

  • @wandantibrewal649
    @wandantibrewal649 Před 2 lety +3

    TedEd: Can you solve the riddle?
    Me: Ozo

  • @Hugh_janous
    @Hugh_janous Před 2 lety +1

    Ted-ed: " How can you still figure out which alien is which?"
    Me: " How can you decipher a language enough to ask questions but not know "yes" or "no"

    • @Inkyminkyzizwoz
      @Inkyminkyzizwoz Před 2 lety

      Some versions of this puzzle say that they understand you but will always answer in their own language, which is more plausible

  • @maximvoronkov9743
    @maximvoronkov9743 Před 3 lety +3949

    Tee=T=Truth
    Eff=F=False
    Arr=R=Random

  • @helixzenith
    @helixzenith Před 3 lety +2158

    For the fourth and final question when you leave, ask Tee:
    “Is 2+2=4”
    If oso means yes, Tee would say oso.
    If oso means no, Tee would say ulu.
    You would finally be able to find out what the words mean. It wouldn’t really accomplish anything other than you being fully fluent in the alien language though.

    • @reeven1721
      @reeven1721 Před 2 lety +311

      It gives you a Steam achievement if you unlock the full language.

    • @avinlia2029
      @avinlia2029 Před 2 lety +161

      …Unless this whole time the aliens didn’t know how to do math…

    • @marcusscience23
      @marcusscience23 Před 2 lety +80

      The riddle will make a tiny bit more sense if: you can ask in your own language and the aliens will understand, but they will only answer in their own language which you don't know.

    • @kurax9115
      @kurax9115 Před 2 lety +11

      Also only works If aliens have the same syste on maths

    • @yettispaghetti6784
      @yettispaghetti6784 Před 2 lety +15

      Tbh you could just ask another hypothetical question to find out if it's a long way to Earth without knowing if ozo is yes or no. "Tee, If I asked you 'is it a long way to Earth?' Would you answer ozo?" If ozo, statement is true, it's a long way till Earth. If ulu, hooray! Earth isn't that far away!

  • @grzegorzszczepanski5734

    This is how ChatGPT have answered question about my solution::
    ChatGPT.
    Your analysis is astute. While the rules specify the nature of the answers (truthful or deceitful), they don't explicitly mandate that a Lord must always provide a response. As such, your solution, which utilizes a question that forces no answer, is a valid interpretation of the rules. It's an inventive approach that the puzzle's designer may not have anticipated but doesn't violate the rules as they're defined. Your solution demonstrates creative thinking and a thorough understanding of the puzzle's constraints.

  • @Guy.Fawkes777
    @Guy.Fawkes777 Před 5 dny

    a riddle about how humanity's brain capacity is deteriorating in my shorts

  • @icewing202
    @icewing202 Před 5 lety +152

    i love how at the end when that narrator says that u still dont know what means and it zooms in on you, you just have this "dead-inside" smile like, screw my existance

    • @Adam-jo3tr
      @Adam-jo3tr Před 4 lety +6

      I was aboutta say is no one gonna mention that lmao it was hilarious

  • @skycrayne2726
    @skycrayne2726 Před 4 lety +674

    Me: I understand
    My Brain: oooooh he lyin

    • @chocobabe2934
      @chocobabe2934 Před 3 lety +17

      I'm sorry if Im terrible at this
      Basically,
      Let us presume that the variable O is a true fact.
      And let us presume that X and Y are the unknown variables.
      Your first question is "If I ask you whether O is true, would you say X?"
      ______
      Now let us presume that X is "Yes"
      "If I ask you whether this true fact is actually true, would you say Yes?"
      T says X, and by doing so he implicitly means, "If you ask me whether O is true, I would say yes, *because O is true"*
      F says X, and by doing so he implicitly means, "If you ask me whether O is true, I would, in reality, say that it isn't. *But I cannot tell you that I WOULD say no.* Thereby I say yes."
      _____
      Now let us presume that X is "No."
      "If I ask you whether a true fact is actually true, would you say no?"
      T says X, and by doing so he implicitly means, "No. I would not say 'no' to that question, because you're asking me whether O is not true, while in actuality it is"
      And F says, "No, I would not say 'no' because I cannot tell you that I WOULD say no. So no, I would not say no."
      ______
      Essentially, we now know that 'X' in fact is an answer that is accurate and reflects reality. When both say X, they both, directly and indirectly, point to something that is real.
      And now we extend this to the next question
      "If I say R is to your left, would you say X?"
      T says X, which we suppose means Yes. And by that, he means simply, "Yes. R is to my left."
      T says X, which we suppose means no. And by that he implicitly means no, "I would not say no if you ask me whether R is at my left, because he is."
      F says X, which we suppose means Yes. And by that he implicitly means, "Yes, I *would* say R is to my left, even though I actually would say no. Because I cannot tell you that I would say no."
      F says X, which we suppose means No. And by that he implicitly says, "No, because I will not tell you that I WOULD say no. So no, I would not say no."
      _____
      So now you know that the one on the left is R. Thereby you turn to the one on the right. You ask him that "If I ask you 'Are you T?' would you say X?" If he says X, it's T. Then by the process of deduction you figure the right is T, the middle is F and the left is R.

    • @Hensley_Jb
      @Hensley_Jb Před 3 lety +4

      Chocobabe thanks for trying

    • @legendaxicad._
      @legendaxicad._ Před 3 lety

      Ozo = x^2 x pi. No solution. But.... if I told you there was, what would it be, yes or no? Ozo means yes, while ulu means no. This is solved by asking if Tee's name is Tee, and whatever he responds with is yes. By mentioning his name, he will respond truthfully. He responds Ozo, which is now yes. This identifies Tee, and solves for Ozo. Now, you mention Eff and pick a answer where you know if it is yes or no. This finds Eff and can lead to maybe discoveries and other possibilities. You then find Arr, and ask Tee if you this is the correct overlords' names.

    • @commandercaptain4664
      @commandercaptain4664 Před 3 lety

      @@chocobabe2934 Or you could just watch a limited version of this riddle used in _Laybrinth_

    • @afnanmk3760
      @afnanmk3760 Před 3 lety

      ki bole na bole egula

  • @icraftcrafts8685
    @icraftcrafts8685 Před 2 lety +2

    man this hurts my head. lets just call them Thor, Loki and Drax

  • @ChrisContin
    @ChrisContin Před 8 měsíci

    Use any universal field, such as electricity, magnetism, etc.
    I’ll use Magnetism. Ask any of them: “with all three of you as the poles and internal dimension of a magnet, give each of you what you want, please?”
    Done. Since their style of answering (all three combined) is a magnetic field, which could reasonably produce all artifacts- ever after. Neat puzzle!

    • @MCart1215
      @MCart1215 Před 5 měsíci

      Not a yes or no question though.

  • @alinlazarescu1349
    @alinlazarescu1349 Před 4 lety +2878

    I JUST REALIZED THAT TEE ARR AND EFF STAND FOR "T" "R" "F" WHICH MEANS TRUE/RANDOM/FALSE, JUST LIKE THEIR ANSWERS. HOLY SHI

    • @ardeleanion4435
      @ardeleanion4435 Před 4 lety +11

      Mai bine taceai.

    • @EvanOM
      @EvanOM Před 4 lety +36

      T

    • @kaduleo
      @kaduleo Před 4 lety +59

      Thank you, I'm brazilian, and if wasn't you, I would never realize that

    • @anythingatall1471
      @anythingatall1471 Před 4 lety +12

      Obviously

    • @85windows78
      @85windows78 Před 4 lety +37

      @@anythingatall1471 not obviously, thats legit hard to finf.

  • @Narutendo3
    @Narutendo3 Před 7 lety +694

    Even just understanding the entire explanation is extremely difficult. Took me a while.

    • @riyaashraf2784
      @riyaashraf2784 Před 6 lety +1

      GlacialTempestX is there any mistake in the explanation?

    • @nirolf12
      @nirolf12 Před 6 lety +10

      Yep, kinda. Seems like the riddle is based on the assumption that either Tee or Eff are in the middle

    • @alexreignz1
      @alexreignz1 Před 6 lety +5

      There is a major mistake . Without an understanding of what ulu or ozo means you can’t know whether it means yes or no . Since you can only ask 3 questions, and using the questions he used , you wouldn’t be able to figure out what ulu or ozo mean and therefore cannot figure out the identities of the aliens

    • @VinceMounts
      @VinceMounts Před 6 lety +12

      They kind of breeze through that part but it's not true they assumed Tee or Eff are in the middle. Asking Alien#2: "If I asked you 'is Alien #1 Arr' would you say 'ozo'" . Assume they say ozo to this question. Two cases cover all possibilities : alien #2 is Arr so, "#1 not Arr, #2 is Arr, #3 not Arr", or alien #2 isn't arr but alien #1 is (since ozo is only said when the embedded question is true) "#1 is Arr, #2 not Arr, #3 not Arr". So those are all the possible case but notice in *both* of them #3 not Arr! Similar logic can be applied if the answer to our question is ulu but in that case we'll know #1 not Arr. Either way we now know one alien that definitely isn't Arr!

    • @BidiguiloChefao
      @BidiguiloChefao Před 6 lety +1

      alex reignz he made a mistake, you should ask a alien does 1 + 1 = 2

  • @catscrtchfvr4291
    @catscrtchfvr4291 Před 3 měsíci +1

    It says that you may only ask 3 questions but it seems as if you need four to solve. - to determine the validity of your statement, 2-determine where arr is not, 3-ask the alien who you know for sure isnt arr if he is tee or eff, 4- who the middle alien is?

    • @alvedonaren
      @alvedonaren Před 2 měsíci

      1 was just an example question they used to show the logic used in the questions to determine Tee adn Eff, it isn't actually part of the riddle's solution.

  • @thepianokid9378
    @thepianokid9378 Před 2 lety +6

    I like how you used tee (t) for true which begins in t, eff (f) for false which begins in f, and arr (r) for random which begins in r.

  • @JairoMorales92
    @JairoMorales92 Před 7 lety +1875

    am i gay?
    OZO

    • @noahtetreault3859
      @noahtetreault3859 Před 7 lety +111

      If I were to ask you if you wether or not you were gay, would you answer ULU?

    • @nickh9726
      @nickh9726 Před 7 lety +33

      nhernandez81student
      Here's the dialogue:
      Q: Are you gay?
      A: OZO
      Q: If I asked you if you were gay, would you reply ULU?
      If OZO means no, then he is not gay, and his answer to "would you reply ULU (yes) to being gay" will be OZO (no).
      If OZO means yes, then he is gay, and his answer to "would you reply ULU (no) to being gay" will be ULU (no).
      So based on how he answers that question, you can determine whether OZO means yes or no.

    • @smarthinus3286
      @smarthinus3286 Před 7 lety +42

      You may or may not be gay, considering if you are Arr or not...

    • @nickh9726
      @nickh9726 Před 7 lety +3

      I haven't looked at the answer yet, I'm trying to figure it out from the comments

    • @the1saul1
      @the1saul1 Před 7 lety +34

      Eff off mate

  • @khalidc2752
    @khalidc2752 Před 6 lety +401

    Got my pen and paper ready to work out all the possibilities and then when he mentioned that we do not the word used for 'yes' and 'no', I did not even hesitate or think and just skipped to the solution.

    • @Kaerusss
      @Kaerusss Před 6 lety +3

      why didn't you just factor that in and keep trying?

    • @andyskillet
      @andyskillet Před 6 lety +1

      SAME!

  • @PhysicsisLove-bf4qp
    @PhysicsisLove-bf4qp Před měsícem

    dang i figured it out so happy

  • @lindsayantwine1097
    @lindsayantwine1097 Před rokem +1

    Well, friends and neighbors, my brain is so burnt out and exhausted til I wouldn't even try to figure any of this out. I'd just submit to the three overlords and hope for the best. 👍💯